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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2012-10-02 21:38:48 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2012-10-02 21:38:48 -0700
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Merge branch 'next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jmorris/linux-security
Pull security subsystem updates from James Morris: "Highlights: - Integrity: add local fs integrity verification to detect offline attacks - Integrity: add digital signature verification - Simple stacking of Yama with other LSMs (per LSS discussions) - IBM vTPM support on ppc64 - Add new driver for Infineon I2C TIS TPM - Smack: add rule revocation for subject labels" Fixed conflicts with the user namespace support in kernel/auditsc.c and security/integrity/ima/ima_policy.c. * 'next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jmorris/linux-security: (39 commits) Documentation: Update git repository URL for Smack userland tools ima: change flags container data type Smack: setprocattr memory leak fix Smack: implement revoking all rules for a subject label Smack: remove task_wait() hook. ima: audit log hashes ima: generic IMA action flag handling ima: rename ima_must_appraise_or_measure audit: export audit_log_task_info tpm: fix tpm_acpi sparse warning on different address spaces samples/seccomp: fix 31 bit build on s390 ima: digital signature verification support ima: add support for different security.ima data types ima: add ima_inode_setxattr/removexattr function and calls ima: add inode_post_setattr call ima: replace iint spinblock with rwlock/read_lock ima: allocating iint improvements ima: add appraise action keywords and default rules ima: integrity appraisal extension vfs: move ima_file_free before releasing the file ...
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/ABI/testing/ima_policy25
-rw-r--r--Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-driver-ppi70
-rw-r--r--Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/security/Smack.txt10
4 files changed, 105 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/ima_policy b/Documentation/ABI/testing/ima_policy
index 6cd6daefaaed..986946613542 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/ima_policy
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/ima_policy
@@ -12,11 +12,14 @@ Description:
then closing the file. The new policy takes effect after
the file ima/policy is closed.
+ IMA appraisal, if configured, uses these file measurements
+ for local measurement appraisal.
+
rule format: action [condition ...]
- action: measure | dont_measure
+ action: measure | dont_measure | appraise | dont_appraise | audit
condition:= base | lsm
- base: [[func=] [mask=] [fsmagic=] [uid=]]
+ base: [[func=] [mask=] [fsmagic=] [uid=] [fowner]]
lsm: [[subj_user=] [subj_role=] [subj_type=]
[obj_user=] [obj_role=] [obj_type=]]
@@ -24,36 +27,50 @@ Description:
mask:= [MAY_READ] [MAY_WRITE] [MAY_APPEND] [MAY_EXEC]
fsmagic:= hex value
uid:= decimal value
+ fowner:=decimal value
lsm: are LSM specific
default policy:
# PROC_SUPER_MAGIC
dont_measure fsmagic=0x9fa0
+ dont_appraise fsmagic=0x9fa0
# SYSFS_MAGIC
dont_measure fsmagic=0x62656572
+ dont_appraise fsmagic=0x62656572
# DEBUGFS_MAGIC
dont_measure fsmagic=0x64626720
+ dont_appraise fsmagic=0x64626720
# TMPFS_MAGIC
dont_measure fsmagic=0x01021994
+ dont_appraise fsmagic=0x01021994
+ # RAMFS_MAGIC
+ dont_measure fsmagic=0x858458f6
+ dont_appraise fsmagic=0x858458f6
# SECURITYFS_MAGIC
dont_measure fsmagic=0x73636673
+ dont_appraise fsmagic=0x73636673
measure func=BPRM_CHECK
measure func=FILE_MMAP mask=MAY_EXEC
measure func=FILE_CHECK mask=MAY_READ uid=0
+ appraise fowner=0
The default policy measures all executables in bprm_check,
all files mmapped executable in file_mmap, and all files
- open for read by root in do_filp_open.
+ open for read by root in do_filp_open. The default appraisal
+ policy appraises all files owned by root.
Examples of LSM specific definitions:
SELinux:
# SELINUX_MAGIC
- dont_measure fsmagic=0xF97CFF8C
+ dont_measure fsmagic=0xf97cff8c
+ dont_appraise fsmagic=0xf97cff8c
dont_measure obj_type=var_log_t
+ dont_appraise obj_type=var_log_t
dont_measure obj_type=auditd_log_t
+ dont_appraise obj_type=auditd_log_t
measure subj_user=system_u func=FILE_CHECK mask=MAY_READ
measure subj_role=system_r func=FILE_CHECK mask=MAY_READ
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-driver-ppi b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-driver-ppi
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..97a003ee058b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-driver-ppi
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+What: /sys/devices/pnp0/<bus-num>/ppi/
+Date: August 2012
+Kernel Version: 3.6
+Contact: xiaoyan.zhang@intel.com
+Description:
+ This folder includes the attributes related with PPI (Physical
+ Presence Interface). Only if TPM is supported by BIOS, this
+ folder makes sence. The folder path can be got by command
+ 'find /sys/ -name 'pcrs''. For the detail information of PPI,
+ please refer to the PPI specification from
+ http://www.trustedcomputinggroup.org/
+
+What: /sys/devices/pnp0/<bus-num>/ppi/version
+Date: August 2012
+Contact: xiaoyan.zhang@intel.com
+Description:
+ This attribute shows the version of the PPI supported by the
+ platform.
+ This file is readonly.
+
+What: /sys/devices/pnp0/<bus-num>/ppi/request
+Date: August 2012
+Contact: xiaoyan.zhang@intel.com
+Description:
+ This attribute shows the request for an operation to be
+ executed in the pre-OS environment. It is the only input from
+ the OS to the pre-OS environment. The request should be an
+ integer value range from 1 to 160, and 0 means no request.
+ This file can be read and written.
+
+What: /sys/devices/pnp0/00:<bus-num>/ppi/response
+Date: August 2012
+Contact: xiaoyan.zhang@intel.com
+Description:
+ This attribute shows the response to the most recent operation
+ request it acted upon. The format is "<request> <response num>
+ : <response description>".
+ This file is readonly.
+
+What: /sys/devices/pnp0/<bus-num>/ppi/transition_action
+Date: August 2012
+Contact: xiaoyan.zhang@intel.com
+Description:
+ This attribute shows the platform-specific action that should
+ take place in order to transition to the BIOS for execution of
+ a requested operation. The format is "<action num>: <action
+ description>".
+ This file is readonly.
+
+What: /sys/devices/pnp0/<bus-num>/ppi/tcg_operations
+Date: August 2012
+Contact: xiaoyan.zhang@intel.com
+Description:
+ This attribute shows whether it is allowed to request an
+ operation to be executed in the pre-OS environment by the BIOS
+ for the requests defined by TCG, i.e. requests from 1 to 22.
+ The format is "<request> <status num>: <status description>".
+ This attribute is only supported by PPI version 1.2+.
+ This file is readonly.
+
+What: /sys/devices/pnp0/<bus-num>/ppi/vs_operations
+Date: August 2012
+Contact: xiaoyan.zhang@intel.com
+Description:
+ This attribute shows whether it is allowed to request an
+ operation to be executed in the pre-OS environment by the BIOS
+ for the verdor specific requests, i.e. requests from 128 to
+ 255. The format is same with tcg_operations. This attribute
+ is also only supported by PPI version 1.2+.
+ This file is readonly.
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index aab409f335bf..f777fa96243d 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -1051,6 +1051,14 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
ihash_entries= [KNL]
Set number of hash buckets for inode cache.
+ ima_appraise= [IMA] appraise integrity measurements
+ Format: { "off" | "enforce" | "fix" }
+ default: "enforce"
+
+ ima_appraise_tcb [IMA]
+ The builtin appraise policy appraises all files
+ owned by uid=0.
+
ima_audit= [IMA]
Format: { "0" | "1" }
0 -- integrity auditing messages. (Default)
diff --git a/Documentation/security/Smack.txt b/Documentation/security/Smack.txt
index a416479b8a1c..8a177e4b6e21 100644
--- a/Documentation/security/Smack.txt
+++ b/Documentation/security/Smack.txt
@@ -28,12 +28,11 @@ Smack kernels use the CIPSO IP option. Some network
configurations are intolerant of IP options and can impede
access to systems that use them as Smack does.
-The current git repositories for Smack user space are:
+The current git repository for Smack user space is:
- git@gitorious.org:meego-platform-security/smackutil.git
- git@gitorious.org:meego-platform-security/libsmack.git
+ git://github.com/smack-team/smack.git
-These should make and install on most modern distributions.
+This should make and install on most modern distributions.
There are three commands included in smackutil:
smackload - properly formats data for writing to /smack/load
@@ -194,6 +193,9 @@ onlycap
these capabilities are effective at for processes with any
label. The value is set by writing the desired label to the
file or cleared by writing "-" to the file.
+revoke-subject
+ Writing a Smack label here sets the access to '-' for all access
+ rules with that subject label.
You can add access rules in /etc/smack/accesses. They take the form: